Cupressaceae
Ashe's juniper
Juniperus ashei
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Genus
- Juniperus
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Common names
By language (11)
- Arabic
- آشي
- arz
- جونيبيروس آشى
- azb
- مکزیک آردیجی
- Azerbaijani
- Meksika ardıcı
- Bulgarian
- Мексиканска хвойна
- Chinese
- 北美沙地柏, 阿斯赫刺柏
- English
- Ashe's juniper, Ashe juniper, Mexican juniper, Mountain cedar, Ozark white cedar, Post cedar, Rock cedar, Cedar
- lah
- جونیپرس اشائی
- Persian
- ارس اش
- Russian
- Можжевельник мексиканский
- udm
- Мексикаысь сусыпу
Synonyms
- Juniperus ashei var. ashei
- Juniperus occidentalis var. conjungens Engelm.
- Juniperus occidentalis var. texana Vasey
- Juniperus sabinoides Sarg.
- Juniperus tetragona var. oligosperma Engelm.
- Sabina ashei (J.Buchholz) Y.Yang & K.S.Mao
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: katsrcool from Edmond, OK, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Turner Brockman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: micklpickl at Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Turner Brockman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ddal at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: saltyhiker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Chris Acree, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: micklpickl, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chris Acree, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: lanechaffin, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: lanechaffin, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: James H. Thomas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.